Dr. Lowell Diller

Population dynamics, habitat use, and foraging ecology of Spotted Owls in managed redwood
forests. The effects of forest management on small mammals, and amphibians. Dr.
Diller is the Senior Biologist for Simpson Timber Company in Korbel, CA.

Dr. Micaela Szykman Gunther

Research interests focus on reproductive behavior and its underlying physiology
in social mammals. Her work is primarily based on field studies and uses naturally occurring variation
in wild populations to address testable alternative evolutionary hypotheses in behavioral ecology.
Courses include: Wildlife Techniques, Management of Mammals, Wildlife Ethology.

Dr. Sharon Kahara

Wetland ecosystem functioning in natural and modified landscapes as well as wetland wildlife use. Past research activities included evaluating impacts of urbanization on aquatic systems in a developing country, and investigating effects of climate and human activities on wetland ecosystem service delivery.

Dr. Greta Wengert

My research focuses on relationships among forest carnivores as well as amphibian conservation and ecology, and combines field-based methods and molecular tools to answer ecological questions.
Current research includes investigation of bobcat and cougar predation on fisher and how habitat mediates these interactions. Assistant director and ecologist at Integral Ecology Research Center in Blue Lake, CA.

Adjunct and Associate Faculty

Adjunct and associate faculty are affiliated
with the Wildlife Department but have positions in other agencies or organizations
and do not teach classes on a regular basis. Adjunct faculty may advise up to
three graduate students.

Harry Carter

Status:Associate Faculty

Seabird Ecology, Conservation and restoration of seabird colonies.

Dr. Lowell Diller

Population dynamics, habitat use, and foraging ecology of Spotted Owls in managed redwood
forests. The effects of forest management on small mammals, and amphibians. Dr.
Diller is the Senior Biologist for Simpson Timber Company in Korbel, CA.

Dr. Alan Franklin

Status:Adjunct Faculty

Research interests: ecology and dynamics of wildlife populations, especially in the context
of management and conservation problems; spotted owls. Dr. Franklin is a research
scientist for the Colorado Cooperative
Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Fishery and Wildlife Biology,
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

Dr. Judd Howell

Status:Adjunct Faculty

Mammalian population dynamics and management, e.g. tule elk at Point Reyes National Seashore, wildlife-habitat relationships,
effects of human activities on biodiversity in coastal ecosystems, raptor migration,
effects of wind energy development on birds. Dr Howell is the director of the
Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel,
Maryland.

Dr. Brian Hudgens

Quantitative ecology and conservation biology. Integrating field studies with population models to predict population dynamics, disease spread in, and dispersal of rare, threatened and endangered species. Study species include amphibians, birds, birds and carnivores.
Dr. Hudgens is a research ecologist at the Institute for Wildlife Studies in Arcata, CA.

Dr. Nils Warnock

Shorebird migration and conservation, conservation of Alaska's public lands, Arctic ecology, flyway policy and protection, effects of oil on wildlife.
Dr. Warnock is the Executive Director of Audubon Alaska and lives in Anchorage, AK.

Dr. Hartwell Welsh

Autecology and community structure of forest and riparian-associated herpetofauna in redwood
and Douglas-fir/hardwood forests. The use of reptiles and amphibians as indicators
for monitoring the status of ecosystems and investigations of the possible mechanisms
contributing to declines in amphibians. Dr. Welsch is a Research Scientist with
the U.S. Forest Service working out of Redwood Sciences Laboratory, Arcata, CA.

Dr. Steve Zack

The effects of fire on bird and small mammal communities,
the interaction between snag decay processes and woodpecker foraging and cavity
excavation, restoration ecology, the effects of oil development on nesting shorebirds.
Dr. Zack is a scientist for the Wildlife Conservation Society and lives in Portland,
OR.

Staff

Dr. Gilly Black

Gilly Black is the Academic Advisor for Majors in Wildlife Biology, Environmental Science and Environmental Management and Protection. Gilly's duties include meeting regularly with students to provide sound advising for course schedules, making recommendations on progress towards degree and helping freshmen and sophomore students to create personalized graduation plans.

Tamar Danufsky

As curator of the Wildlife museum, Tamar prepares, catalogs, and maintains bird and mammal specimens and
exhibits for classes and research. She also is the primary contact person for
oiled birds, and ensures our spill response facility is in a state of readiness.

Anthony Desch

The Wildlife and Fisheries stockroom is filled with equipment and supplies to support teaching and research such as binoculars and spotting scopes, mammal live-traps, aquatic sampling devices, GPS units, etc. With proper training, many of the items can be checked out to students enrolled is Wildlife classes for individual projects.

Katherine Moon

Katherine Moon is the Administrative Support Coordinator for the Departments of Wildlife
and Fisheries Biology. Katherine's duties include providing administrative support
for the faculty, managing the budget, and assisting students.

ASA II - Vacant

Phone: (707) 826-3953

Provides administrative support in the Wildlife and Fisheries Department
Office. In addition to answering the phone and assisting faculty and students,
also maintains the web pages for the departments.